Lamborghini is continuing to develop the Urus and is hard at work on two key projects: the Urus ST-X racer and a plug-in road-going hybrid version of its SUV.
It was back in November 2018 when Lamborghini unveiled the ST-X as a concept car. Roughly 12 months later, it provided a sneak peek of an updated iteration. Speaking with Autoblog, the car manufacturer’s head of research and development, Maurizio Reggiani, has revealed that Lamborghini’s Squadra Corsa department continues to develop the racer.
While Reggiani failed to specify which parts of the car are still being worked on, he did say that it will compete in a demo race during the 2020 Lamborghini Super Trofeo World Final in Misano, Italy from October 31 to November 1 this year. The racing series will combine on and off-road sections to showcase the wide array of abilities enjoyed by the Urus.
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At the same time, while the racer is coming together, Lamborghini continues to develop a plug-in hybrid version of the street-legal Urus.
Other VW Group models use the same platform and are already available as plug-in hybrids, such as the Porsche Cayenne and Bentley Bentayga. Eager to differentiate its plug-in hybrid super SUV from its VW Group siblings, Lamborghini will develop bespoke driving modes for the Urus that will alter how the electric power is dispensed.
“The most important part will be to define in what way a Lamborghini must use this electric energy, and in what way we can be different from the other users of this platform,” Reggiani said. “We have seven different driving modes in the Urus, and what will be important is that every driving mode use electric power in a different way.”
Among the modes set to be offered will be a “boost-oriented” mode that maximizes performance and an efficiency-focused one that aims to provide the best possible fuel economy.
